Romulea

Romulea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1772. It is found in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa.^[2][3][4]

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Species of Romulea are perennial cormous herbs.^[5]

Generative characteristics

The capsule fruits bear many brown, globose seeds.^[5]

Etymology

The genus name refers to the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, and alludes to the abundance of one of the species in the Roman countryside.^[3][5]

Taxonomy

Publication

Romulea Maratti was published by Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1704-1777) in 1772. It is a conserved name.^[6][7]

Accepted species

Species^[2]

• Romulea albiflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea albomarginata M.P.de Vos - Ceres Koue Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea antiatlantica Maire - Morocco
• Romulea aquatica G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea arnaudii Moret - southeastern France
• Romulea atranda G.J.Lewis - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea austinii E.Phillips - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea autumnalis L.Bolus - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea barkerae M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea biflora (Bég.) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea bifrons Pau - Morocco
• Romulea bocchierii Frignani & Iiriti - Sardinia
• Romulea bulbocodium (L.) Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Sudan
• Romulea camerooniana Baker - central + southern Africa north to Cameroon + Ethiopia
• Romulea cedarbergensis M.P.de Vos - Cedarberg in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea citrina Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea clusiana (Lange) Nyman - Morocco, Algeria, Spain, Portugal
• Romulea collina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri - Mediterranean region from Morocco + Portugal to Syria, Great Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores
• Romulea congoensis Bég. - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• Romulea corsica Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica
• Romulea cruciata (Jacq.) Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea cyrenaica Bég. - Libya
• Romulea dichotoma (Thunb.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea discifera J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea diversiformis M.P.de Vos - Sutherland in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea eburea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea eburnea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea elliptica M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea englerii Bég. - Morocco
• Romulea eximia M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea fibrosa M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea fischeri Pax - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Socotra, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
• Romulea flava (Lam.) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa; naturalized in Australia
• Romulea flexuosa Klatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea florentii Moret - southeastern France
• Romulea gigantea Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea gracillima Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea hallii M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea hantamensis (Diels) Goldblatt - Hantamsberg in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea hirsuta (Steud. ex Klatt) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea hirta Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea jugicola M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea kamisensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea komsbergensis M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea leipoldtii Marais - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea ligustica Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia, Veneto, Liguria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• Romulea lilacina J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea × limbarae Bég. - Sardinia (R. ligustica × R. requienii)
• Romulea linaresii Parl. - Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia
• Romulea longipes Schltr. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea lutea J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea luteiflora (M.P.de Vos) M.P.de Vos - Cape Province, Lesotho
• Romulea macowanii Baker - Cape Province, Free State, Lesotho
• Romulea maculata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea malaniae M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea maroccana Bég. - Morocco
• Romulea melitensis Bég. - Malta, Gozo
• Romulea membranacea M.P.de Vos - near Middelpos in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea minutiflora Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
• Romulea monadelpha (Sweet ex Steud.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea montana Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea monticola M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea multifida M.P.de Vos - Roggeveld Escarpment in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea multisulcata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea namaquensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea nivalis (Boiss. & Kotschy) Klatt - Mount Hermon in Syria + Lebanon
• Romulea numidica Jord. & Fourr. - Morocco, Algeria
• Romulea obscura Klatt - Cape Province; naturalized in Australia
• †Romulea papyracea Wolley-Dod - Cape Province but extinct
• Romulea pearsonii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea penzigii Bég. - Algeria
• Romulea petraea Al-Eisawi - Jordan
• Romulea phoenicia Mouterde - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan
• Romulea pilosa Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea pratensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea pudica (Sol. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea quartzicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea ramiflora Ten. - Mediterranean from Morocco + Portugal to Turkey
• Romulea requienii Parl. - Corsica, Sardinia
• Romulea revelieri Jord. & Fourr. - Corsica, several small Italian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea
• Romulea rosea (L.) Eckl. - Cape Province; naturalized in France, Chile, Australia, California, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha
• Romulea rupestris J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sabulosa Schltr. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea saldanhensis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sanguinalis M.P.de Vos - Bokkeveld in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea saxatilis M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea schlechteri Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea setifolia N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea singularis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sinispinosensis M.P.de Vos - Doringbaai in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sladenii M.P.de Vos - Gifberg Plateau in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea speciosa (Ker Gawl.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sphaerocarpa M.P.de Vos - Great Karoo in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea stellata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea sulphurea Bég - Pakhuis Mountains, Western Cape province of South Africa
• Romulea subfistulosa M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea syringodeoflora M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea tabularis Eckl. ex Bég. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea tempskyana Freyn - Cyprus, Turkey, Greek Islands, Israel, Palestine
• Romulea tetragona M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea tortilis Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea tortuosa (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Baker - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea toximontana M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea triflora (Burm.f.) N.E.Br. - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea tubulosa J.C.Manning & Goldblatt - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea unifolia M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea vaillantii Quézel - Algeria
• Romulea villaretii Dobignard - Morocco
• Romulea vinacea M.P.de Vos - Pakhuis Pass in Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea viridibracteata M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa
• Romulea vlokii M.P.de Vos - Cape Province of South Africa

References

1. ^ Maratti 1772.
2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. ^ Manning, John & Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 91–93. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Romulea includes photos plus European distribution maps
5. ^ Romulea Maratti. (n.d.). Flora of North America. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from http://floranorthamerica.org/Romulea
6. ^ Maratti, Giovanni Francesco | International Plant Names Index. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://www.ipni.org/a/6084-1
7. ^ "Romulea Maratti". 20471-1. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

Bibliography

• Maratti, Giovanni Francesco (1772). Plantarum Romuleae, et Saturniae in agro Romano existentium: specificas notas describit inventor (in Latin). Rome: Typis Archangeli Casaletti.